Lift Off! 10-Minute Physical Activity Breaks
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Stay active every day with Physical Activity (PA) breaks at work. Create a healthier lifestyle and reduce chronic disease with these 10-Minute Physical Activity Breaks.

There is growing evidence to support the feasibility and efficacy of integrating brief bouts of structured exercise into daily organizational routine.  We hope that you will identify opportunities in your workplace and other organizations with which you're affiliated to integrate these breaks into daily routines. 

If there are more than 20 people interested in participating in a training at your organization,
we would be happy to come to you!
CONTACT US TO SCHEDULE AN ONSITE TRAINING SESSION.
 

VIEW THE LIFT OFF! LEADER TRAINING PRESENTATION (POWERPOINT)

If you would like to order mousepads, DVD's, or CD's, please use this link for the Order Form.

We invite you to access and share the following Lift Off! related materials:

1. Lift Off! Overview - view
2. Lift Off! Leader Trainings - view
3. Leader Training Agenda - view
4. Evidence of success - view
5. Physical Activity Log - view
6. Common Barriers to Physical Activity and Tips - view
7. Benefits and Basics of Physical Activity - view
8. Chronic Disease and Physical Activity - view
9. Newspaper Article: "All It Takes is 10"  - view
10. CA5aday Report: "Fruits and Vegetables and Physical Activity at the Worksite" - view
11. CDC Best Practices Report - view

The California Endowment Activity Matters for Kids Policy Briefs:

Physical Education Matters - January, 2007

Failing Fitness: Physical Activity and Physical Education in Schools - January, 2007

Links to complete articles in the growing evidence base:

Building Capacity to Prevent and Control Chronic Disease in Underserved Communities: Expanding the Wisdom of WISEWOMAN in Intervening at the Environmental Level.
Yancey. JOURNAL OF WOMEN’S HEALTH, 13(5), 2004.

Ethnic and Sex Variations in Overweight Selfperception: Relationship to Sedentariness.
Yancey,Simon,McCarthy,Lightstone, and Fielding. Obesity14(6), 2006.

Leading by Example: A Local Health Department - Community Collaboration to Encorporate Physical Activity into Organizational Practice.
Yancey, Lewis, Sloane, Jones Guinyard, Diamant, Nacimento,McCarthy.  J Public Health Management and Practice 10(2), 2004, 116-123.

The Los Angeles Lift Off: a sociocultural environmental change intervention to integrate physical activity into the workplace.
Yancey, McCarthy, Taylor, Merlo, Gewa, Weber and Fielding, Preventive Medicine 38, 2004 848– 856.

Putting Promotion Into Practice: The African Americans Building a Legacy of Health Organizational Wellness Program.
Yancey, Lewis, Jones Guinyard, Sloane, Miller Nascimento, Galloway-Gilliam, Diamant, McCarthy Health Promotion Practice 7(3), 2006. 233S-264S.

Photos from Recent Lift Off! Events and Trainings

• Kids Fitness Challenge - 01/27/07

• OC Health Department Lift Off! Leader Training - 02/14/07

Allen Rossum, of the Atlanta Falcons, led a Lift Off! endorsed by the Professional Athletes Council (PAC) at the 2007 Kids Fitness Challenge
- Over 5,000 Children and Their Parents Participated in this event at the Rose Bowl on Saturday, January 27

Rossum warms up with LAC DPH's Dr. Jonathan Fielding	Dr. Yancey, CEHD Co-Director, gets warmed up too
Several kids have fun with a preview of the Lift Off!	More Lift Off! Preview in the Rose Bowl Parking Lot
Alan Rossum autographs his Lift Off! music	All of these kids now have their own copy of the Lift Off!
Eager anticipation for the Lift Off!	We even got the USC Band to participate in a Lift Off!

CEHD STAFF TRAVELED TO ORANGE COUNTY ON VALENTINES DAY
DOZENS OF OC HEALTH DEPATMENT STAFF ARE NOW TRAINED LIFT OFF! LEADERS!

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